Stuttering with sign

[Guest guest]

Hi Amber, Just out of curiosity, do you do biomedical

interventions with your son? My son is not a stimmer

either and if he is off biomedically either we skipped

a day of vitamins/supplements or he has yeast it

always shows up in this way. Is your son this way

only in the spring. It could be PANDA's. There is a

lab test to check this. It's usually severe ocd

behavior symptoms. PANDA's is a type of bacteria

infection have been linked to worsening of autistic

symptoms. a condition known as pediatric autoimmune

neuropsychiatric disorder (PANDA) associated with the

Streptococcus bacteria has been linked to the

development of obsessive-compulsive disorder and other

mental illnesses in children.

Just a thought. I know it's off topic

Dear maryann, could what your describing as

" stuttering his signs " possibly be scrolling of his

signs. This is when he is not too sure of what the

sign is your looking for so he does, cookie, swing,

ball to try to get that chip! If someone accidently

reinforces this by giving a reinforcer after he

scrolls it may become that he learned to use several

signs for his reinforcer. If he begin's to scroll you

should put his hand in the neutral position (hands

down at his side) and prompt the correct sign. good

luck Christie

[Guest guest]

Hi!!!

We have been using sign for quite awhile with my daughter, Hayley (eight years

old). Therefore I have taken sign classes, had sign tutors, attended sign clubs

etc.

Stuttering in sign is when you go to sign something and your hands don't exactly

cooperate. This happens a lot when learning to fingerspell. Say you are

spelling the word 'light' and you start out signing L but then when you go to

sign I, you have too many fingers up and the sign you are making isn't an I.

You know what you are trying to say but your hands can't keep up with your head

yet.

This is especially common with beginners who are trying to sign fast. (Like

me!!)

This is not to be confused with scrolling where a child signs his whole

repertoire of signs hoping to hit the right one eventually.

Scrolling can be read, stuttering comes out as nonsense that can't be read.

I've never heard of stuttering related to autism though, as the kids that I have

seen aren't to the point where they are stringing signs together into sentences

or doing fingerspelling. I suppose, however, that once they get to that stage

in learning that they will stutter just like me.

I hope this helps!!!

-Kim

Mom to Cady, Hayley and Corey